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Nettle soup
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Nettle soup

9 ingredients 20 min + 30 min Serves 4 - 6 openrecipes
Nettle soup

Get your gloves on to forage for wild plants like nettles - once cooked they have a spinach or cabbage flavour

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

502
Calories
7g
Protein
31g
Fat
53g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil , plus extra for drizzling
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 1 carrot , diced
  • 1 leek , washed and finely sliced
  • 1 large floury potato (Maris Piper or similar), thinly sliced
  • 1l vegetable stock
  • 400g stinging or dead nettles , washed, leaves picked (see tips below)
  • 50g butter , diced
  • 50ml double cream

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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